Across
- 4. wedge shapes that form writing
- 10. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
- 11. traveled and traded with other people
- 13. extra supplies that lead to civilization
- 15. a pyramid structure with a temple on top
- 16. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
- 17. created hammurabi’s code
- 18. fine particles of fertile soil
- 19. a group of merchants traveling together for safety
Down
- 1. the first ruler of the akkadians
- 2. largest and richest city in the world (at the time)
- 3. the belief in many gods
- 5. farming and digging of canals
- 6. land between the rivers
- 7. a large territory or group of territories governed by one ruler
- 8. forced payments to a ruler from conquered people
- 9. the inhabitants of ancient Assyria
- 12. studied star, planet and moon phases and created the sundial
- 14. a person who writes and copied out documents, often a record keeper